Sir Trevor McDonald and his 34-year-old wife have decided to separate after 34 years of marriage, multiple reports show
The iconic 81-year-old journalist has reportedly moved from the family home to a new home just two miles away HELLO! contacted Sir Trevor’s spokesperson for comment
The News at Ten presenter was previously married to a lady named Beryl, the mother of his two oldest children, Joanne and Tim They divorced in 1985
Trevor was born August 16, 1939 in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago to Josephine and Lawson McDonald The eldest of four children, Trevor once said: “We lived in a terribly small house with cracks in the walls, which we line with newspaper «
He started his career in the news in the 1960s, presenting the ITN news in the early evening in 1989, before continuing to present News at Ten and later this evening with Trevor McDonald
He first announced his retirement in 2005, then returned to work to present News At Ten again He retired for the second time at the end of 2008, although he still continues to present television documentaries, including To Catch a Serial Killer, and Fred & Rose West: The Real Story with Trevor McDonald
During his career, Sir Trevor interviewed such figures as Nelson Mandela, Saddam Hussein and US President Bill Clinton, and in 1999 he was awarded the knighthood for his services to journalism, thus consolidating his position as national treasure British
He later said of this honor: « I was born in a small backwater in Trinidad in the Caribbean and never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be knighted »
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World News – GB – Shock as Sir Trevor McDonald, 81, separates from his 34-year-old wife